• Sotuta B : manuscript, [between 1900 and 1925].

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Date:

• [between 1900 and 1925].

Subject:

• Materia medica, Vegetable—Mexico—20th century
• Medicinal plants—Mexico—20th century
• Mayas—Medicine
• Indigenous Studies

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9934806553506421

Call number:

• C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 10)

Extent:

• 16 leaves with old pagination (p. [a-b], 17-20, 23-26, 33-50, 53-54, [c-d]) : paper ; 30 x 18 cm.

Spatial:

• Mexico

Relation:

• Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s

Text language:

• Text in Spanish; with some Yucatec.

Binding note:

• In cloth box.

Provenance:

• Previously owned by William Gates; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.

Source acquisition:

• Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.

Donor:

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961

Former owner:

• Gates, William, 1863-1940

Created:

• 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z/1925-12-31T23:59:59Z

Abstract:

• Medical-Botanical manuscript. Contains prescriptions/recipes for the use of plants in medical remedies and treatments. For example under the heading "Contra todo mal de orina" (p. 36) are found 73 separate entries detailing cures for urinary ailments; and under the heading "Contro todo mal de oydos" (p. 38) are 38 separate entries for the treatment of ear ailments. The manuscript is written in Spanish, containing only the Mayan plant names where necessary for identification.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/3r074x711

Location:

• Special Collections C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 10)

Exhibit Tags:

• Yucatec

Genre:

• Formulas, recipes, etc.
• Manuscripts, Spanish 20th century.
• Paper.
• manuscripts (documents)